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This book is about the powers of environmentalism, conservation, and urban gardening. I think this book would be good for students living in an urban environment where greenery is not something they see every day. I think this book is good at introducing the vocabulary of conservation and environmentalism. I also think with the pictures and the use of colors in particular, it could improve comprehension skills as students predict and interpret the text based on the pictures.

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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy

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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy

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I chose this book not only for its important subject, but because it is a great example of biography in a picture book. This book introduces a lot of vocabulary to students who may be learning government or biography. It also is a great, short example of biography that would not require a lengthy novel study. This book would be good to show students as a way of explaining the typical format and order of biography, and particularly the non-linear forms it may sometimes assume. I recommend this book for upper elementary students who are studying biography or the American government.

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This book goes through the steps of the scientific method through the eyes of a young girl who is fascinated by the way the universe works. This book contains rhyming all the way through, which allows students to pick up on phonemic awareness skills. There is also a lot of vocabulary that students may not know spread throughout the book, not all of which has to do with science. For example, Ada's parents are "frazzled" by her inability to communicate. I think this book would be great for anyone who has ever felt different or just for people who love science. My cousin is autistic and I know she would love this book!

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Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward

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Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward

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This book reads like a poem, but is actually both a narrative and an informational text. This book would be great for teaching text features of both poems and informational texts, like rhythm and lines, as well as sidebars and bullets. The book also contains rhyme, which improves phonemic awareness. This book would be a great choice for any students interested in life sciences or poetry. It is a good introduction into either subject and would work well for early elementary students or students who struggle with these concepts already.

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In this book, the text structure is not rigidly defined to words in paragraphs on the page. While this book is not informative, it would be a good introduction to informative texts. The labels on the pictures and the dialogue in the speech bubbles are similar to the sidebars in informative texts. I think this book would help beginning readers start to think about text in ways that are outside of the typical story and improve their understanding of text features as a whole.

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A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black

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A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black

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In this book, Michael Ian Black writes like a politician attempting to convince an audience of voters. This book exposes readers to a group of high level vocabulary words, especially adjectives. There is a repetition of some key phrases throughout the book as well, adding fluency to the list of literary skills learned in this book. Furthermore, the book introduces the text structure of the persuasive essay. With this education on text structure, students could then develop their own persuasive essays. I think this book would be good for older elementary readers working on persuasive writing.

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This picture book is a masterful piece of historical fiction that somehow still reads as a relatable story about a young black student. Brewster is a young black student being integrated into Central, the white school. The book contains a lot of opportunities for phonemic awareness, like the various onomatopoeias spread throughout the book. I also think this would be a good opportunity to practice prosody and expressive reading. I think this book is a good introduction to integration and the civil rights movement for younger readers.

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Press Here reads like the instructions to a game, dance, or scavenger hunt. However, within its pages, teachers can find an easy way to assess comprehension. Students are motivated to read with fluency and comprehension to follow the directions on the page, and teachers can watch their students read and see what words or concepts they struggle with the most. For a younger age group, this would be a good way to practice decoding, fluency, and comprehension at the place where they intersect.

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Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems by Julie Paschkis

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Flutter and Hum: Animal Poems by Julie Paschkis

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This book of nature poems side by side in English and Spanish is beautiful in both its language and its illustrations. Poetry as a whole is a good way to teach fluency. Students build rhythm as they read poetry, creating a more natural prosody in their read alouds. The side-by-side translations into Spanish could also help emergent English speakers who are already fluent in Spanish. Furthermore, the text structure of a poem is important to learn, and these poems have a variety of different structures to them. I think this book would be great for an early reader who may be struggling with developing a natural sounding fluency

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This wordless picture book about the one child policy in China seems like an odd choice for a reading education course, but this book could be a valuable tool for reading teachers. Depending on the activity teachers choose to pair with this book, it could work with any age student in any step of their learning process. For early stage literacy learners, the book could help students learn about text features, like moving left to right and top to bottom. For later readers, the book could be used to prompt important comprehension skills like inference, prediction, and asking questions. The book could also serve as a strong backbone off which to build a creative writing center in the classroom.

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The Great Dictionary Caper by Judy Sierra

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The Great Dictionary Caper by Judy Sierra

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This book is a fun and festive way to dive into the makings of words, sentences, and stories. This book would be great for teaching spelling and word comprehension, especially with the letter characters. This is also clearly a great vocabulary book as they go through identifying different types of words like onomatopoeias. I also think this book helps with some phonemic awareness concepts as well. I think this book would be good for earlier grades or those in the early stages of literacy.

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This book is an informational text telling the amazing true story of the four black women who sent Americans to the moon. As an informational text, it has a lot to offer in teaching content knowledge. However, there is also a great opportunity to learn new vocabulary words in the context of a great story that is rarely discussed in typical American history courses. There are also a few sections of repeated phrases, particularly highlighting what the women were not allowed to do and what they were capable of. This would improve fluency in readers. I think this book would be great for a more advanced reader, especially one with an interest in space or powerful women in history.

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Yo! Yes? is a simple story about two boys from different backgrounds becoming friends. With its amazing simplicity, it teaches written expression on a word level, allowing students to delve deeper into their phonemic awareness skills. The book also offers a great opportunity for fluency. The book is only dialogue and therefore is easily manipulated into a readers' theatre exercise. I would use this book in a classroom of young readers or readers in the early stages of literacy who would need intervention at the phonemic level.

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Those Shoes is a good book for children to distinguish between their wants and their needs, as well as between the wants and needs of those others around them. This book would be great for teaching comprehension. While other books work towards comprehension education as well, I think the combination of clues from the pictures and the actual text would both help students understand the text better and challenge them to understand the things that go unstated. I think this book would be good for a younger group of students who need work on comprehension, but could also be used for an older group of students as well.

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

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This book is not only beautiful in its illustrations, but in the metaphorical and poetic language it contains. This book is great for its presentation of cultural diversity and a unique family dynamic. However, the vocabulary of the text also allows for a literary instruction opportunity. I also think the way the author describes each scene could be used wonderfully to teach about descriptive writing. I think this book could be suitable for any group, but may resonate more with students who grew up in a similar environment to the main character CJ.

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatium

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatium

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Separate Is Never Equal is a great informational text about the court case that allowed for integration of Hispanic students in California schools. I thought this book was strong for teaching vocabulary, as it has a lot of words that would pertain to that moment in history, as well as to government and court cases. I also think that having that informative text in a narrative format allows for a better transition from narrative texts to informational texts. I think the best group for this book would be upper elementary, more so because of content than because of difficulty.

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Dear Tabby is a great satire off of the famous Dear Abby advice column in newspapers and magazines. With its animal characters, it is rich in literary devices like pun and metaphor, which would allow teachers to implement these devices in their lesson plans. This aids in both vocabulary and comprehension instruction. This book also has a lot of alliteration, which would help with phonemic awareness. Furthermore, with the letter format, I think a strong writing lesson could be connected to the book. I think this book would be best for an older elementary school student.

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In 13 Words, Lemony Snicket tells a silly story that teaches a variety of different words, from panache to haberdashery. The story reads kind of like a mad libs but hides a much deeper meaning. I think this book would be great for teaching vocabulary of course because of the tier 2 words present in the book. However, I also think after repeated reading this could be a good text for fluency, particularly in the ending part with the opera singer. This book seems great for all ages, but I would probably consider it more for upper elementary students or advanced lower grade students.

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Even though The Book With No Pictures seems boring from the outside, the inside has a variety of nonsense words and creative uses of language. I think the book would be great for teaching or assessing fluency, especially prosody as students are challenged to read in different voices. I also think because of the nonsense words it would be great for assessing phonemic awareness, especially a child’s ability to read new words for the first time. I think this book would be suitable for upper elementary students or more advanced lower elementary students.

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The Wonky Donkey would be perfect for teaching fluency in the classroom. It has the privilege of being made into a song, meaning students could sing the book along to the song. Also like a song, The Wonky Donkey has a lot of repetition, making it easier to learn fluency. I also think this would benefit students who need to work on phonemic awareness because there are a lot of rhyming words. I think this book could benefit anyone in the younger grades or even those in the upper elementary years who struggle with fluency and phonemic awareness.